Browns to stick with Kizer in last good chance to avoid 0-16
After flirting with benching quarterback DeShone Kizer, Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson named the rookie his starter Monday for next week's game against the Chicago Bears.
Jackson questioned whether his second-round draft choice would "ever get it" after a 27-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens sent the team to 0-14. On Monday, he reversed course.
"It's the best decision for our team at this time," he said of sticking with Kizer, according to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon-Journal. "I'm not going to stick a guy out there who's not ready or prepared."
Sunday's game against a four-win Bears squad that's also starting a rookie quarterback is the Browns' last good chance to avoid an 0-16 record. Their final game will come the following week against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"I'll talk to the players about it, but I think they know. We don't want to go into the record books like that by any stretch," Jackson said.